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Pakoda Politics Rohit N Shetty Well i can’t involve sarcasm here as it a matter of great importance in Indian Politics. The oven hot or i should say, kadai hot topic in Indian Politics is ‘Pakoda Politics’.

One one hand The government says it trained about two million youth under the flagship Skill India. But deep diving into the fact. Data from the scheme’s nodal body, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), showed just 34 institutes – 0.2% of the total – trained almost 40% candidates under the first phase of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana( PMKVY). An Independent investigation by Hindustan Times showed two of the top 20 institutes lacked proper infrastructure and didn’t have enough space to train even a fraction of the claimed number of candidates.

Covering their failure in such a way and Amit Shah went to the extent saying that, “Selling Pakoda’s is not a matter of shame. It is creating employment.” So was this the vision behind creating the Skill India Campaign? Get trained and sell pakodas. So now i have a query; If a qualified person starts selling Pakoda’s his so call employment status of being employed will be credited to our beloved PM’s flagship campaign Skill India or will it be credited to the failure of such fraudulent programs initiated by our PM Mr Narendra Modi.

Coming to the numbers now; Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the much-hyped scheme on July 15,2015 with a corpus of Rs 1,500 crore and an aim to train 2.4 million youth. But the first phase saw just 5% placement, that too mostly in low-skill blue-collar jobs.

Despite the problems, the government upped its allocation under the skills training program in this year’s budget with two new schemes and Rs 6,000 crore. The NSDC disbursed Rs 1,000 crore out of the total budget of Rs 1500 crore till December 2016.

Total Allocation: Total budgeted expenditure for Employment Generation, Skill and Livelihood in Budget 2017 ~ Rs. 17273 crores Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship allocated Rs. 3016 crores. Where is this money is coming from? Its from the taxpayes money and not from your pockets Mr Narendra Modi.

The biggest scam that is yet to unfold from the BJP led Government is Aadhaar. NSDC hasn’t been able to verify the mandatory Aadhaar number of more than 570,000 students a year after the PMKVY-1 ended. This is an indication, experts say, of a large number of non-existent candidates or multiple enrollments of a single candidate to inflate the total number.

Amit Shah during his Rajya Sabha Speech said, “If a poor person sells ‘pakodas’ today, it is possible that the generations after him end up being industrialists. If a ‘chaiwalla’s’ son can become the Prime Minister, anything is possible,”

It rightly fits into the saying “chai wala toh pakode ka hi baat kar sakta hai”

Its not just Skill India, but all the flagship initiatives by BJP led Government are a total failure. Everybody are seeing the fact and numbers but will not say anything as of now. 2019 will be the time when your Balance Sheet will be made indicating your profit and loss statements. And by the looks of it, its in a negative trend.

 

 

 

Rohit Shetty

Rohit Shetty born and brought up in Mumbai is a Digital Marketer by profession and a writer and philanthropist by passion. Rohit started his career with First Step Publishing in Mumbai in 2011 as a Digital Marketer and excelled in the field of Publishing. With First Step Publishing, Rohit eliminated the cumbersome process of waiting for a writer to get published. With First Step Publishing, Rohit Shetty has been known for marching forward with some great titles and allowing first-time authors to find a platform and publish their content in a market space that focuses on branding a certain 'author' rather than scouring talent. In an interview with DNA, First Step Publishing has been reported to be one of the fast-growing publishing firms based in Mumbai. The firm has the tagline 'Paying Ways For New Writers' which is meant to reflect the motive with which it was founded. Rohit Shetty holds two National Records Records being Book With the Shortest Title " i " with Limca Book of Records Special Literature Edition and with India Book of Records as well. He holds the title of the Most Published poet of India in 2012 and 2013 with India Book Of Records and Unique World Records. Apart from writing, Rohit is also an active Philanthropist and works towards Education and Health sectors. Awards and Recognitions Nominated four times for India’s Fourth Highest Civilian Award Padma Shri in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 2012: Rohit has been recognized for his work and felicitated at the Grand Finale of Mulund Fest in 2012 by MLC Mr Charan Singh Sapra and MPCC President Mr Manikrao Thackrey 2012 and 2013: Most Published Poet by India Book of Records 2015: Book with the Shortest Title from Limca Book of Records, India Book of Records 2018: Member of NITI Ayog Atal Movement of change and Mentor of Change 2019: Nominated by Social Samosa as 40 Under 40 Digital Marketers in India 2019: Rohit Digital Marketing Blog www.rohitnshetty.com ranked 13th Spot as India's Best Digital Marketing Blog by Expertido 2019: Rohit Digital Marketing Blog www.rohitnshetty.com was also Ranked in Top 50 India’s Best Digital Marketing Blog by Feedspot 2019: Received prestigious Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Award for work towards building the nation 2020: Global Brand Icon Awad by Brand Opus 2021: Rashtriya Prerna Award

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